Milton in Translation

Edited by Angelica Duran, Islam Issa, and Jonathan R. Olson

Covers over twenty languages and literary cultures, allowing the reader to observe trends in translation across eras and geographical spaces

Engages with current debates in Milton studies, translation studies, and comparative and world literature

A fresh perspective on Milton and his legacy

Milton in Translation

Edited by Angelica Duran, Islam Issa, and Jonathan R. Olson

Description

Milton in Translation represents an unprecedented collaboration that demonstrates the breadth of John Milton's international reception, from the seventeenth century through today. This book collects in one volume new essays written on the translation of Milton's works written by an international roster of experts: stalwart and career-long Miltonists, scholars primarily of translation studies, and practitioners who have translated Milton's works. Chapters are grouped geographically but also, by and large, chronologically, given that Milton's works radiated further abroad over time. The chapters on the twenty-three individual languages showcased in this volume are framed by 'Part I: Approaches', consisting of an introduction and two major essays on the global reach and the aural nature of Milton's poetry, and by an epilogue. 'Part II: Influential Translations' features the most influential languages in translations of Milton's works (English, Latin, German, French). Then, accounts of Milton's afterlives in specific languages are provided in 'Part III. Western European and Latin American Translations' (Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Italian, Portuguese, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish), 'Part IV: Central and Eastern European Translations' (Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Serbian/Montenegrin, Serbo-Croatian languages), 'Part V: Middle Eastern Translations' (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian), and 'Part VI: East Asian Translations' (Chinese, Japanese, Korean). The chapters in Parts II through VI include historical and critical context, a brief history of translation in the language, and a case study on any single work or group of Milton's works in translation.

Milton in Translation

Edited by Angelica Duran, Islam Issa, and Jonathan R. Olson

Table of Contents

Part I Approaches 1. Introduction: From 'Cambalu' to 'El Dorado', Angelica Duran and Islam Issa2. Milton's Global Reach, Thomas N. Corns3. Lost and Regained Through Translation: The Sound of Paradise Lost, Beverley SherryPart II Influential Translations 4. 'Levelling the Sublime': Translating Paradise Lost into English in the Eighteenth Century, Aaron Shapiro5. 'Translated Verse': Milton's Latin Poetry in the Long Eighteenth Century, Estelle Haan6. 'Latinizing' Milton: Paradise Lost, Latinitas, and the Long Eighteenth Century, Estelle Haan7. Domesticating and Foreignizing the Sublime: Paradise Lost in German, Curtis Whitaker8. 'The French Connection' Among French Translations of Milton and Within du Bocage's Paradisterrestre, Christophe TournuPart III Western European and Latin American Translations 9. Paradise Lost in Dutch, 1728-2003: Form, Politics, Religion, Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen10. A Vision in Times of Need: Milton in Estonia, Anne Lange11. Traces of the Birth of the State of Finland in Jylha's Translation of Paradise Lost, David Robertson12. Iceland's Milton: On Jon Torlaksson's Translation of Paradise Lost, Astradur Eysteinsson13. 'Censur'd to Be Much Inferiour': Paradise Lost and Regained in Italian, Daniele Borgogni14. Milton in Portuguese: A Story in Blank Verse, Helio J.S. Alves15. Paradise Lost in Spanish Translation and as World Literature, Angelica Duran16. Either in Prose or Rhyme: Translating Milton in(to) Latin America, Eitherin Prose or Rhyme: Translating Milton in(to) Latin AmericaPart IV Central and Eastern European Translations 17. The Quest for the Right Accent: Milton in Bulgarian Translation, Alexander Shurbanov18. Jungmann's Translation of Paradise Lost in the Vanguard of Modern Czech Culture, SarkaTobrmanova19. In 'Milton's Prison': Milton in Hungarian Translation, Miklos Peti20. Translation as Resistance: Three Centuries of Paradise Lost in Polish, Joanna Rzepa21. Milton in Serbian/Montenegrin: Paradise Lost from Behind Bars, Marjan Strojan22. Milton in Illyria, Marjan StrojanPart V Middle Eastern Translations 23. Paradise Lost in Arabic: Images, Style, and Technique, Islam Issa24. Pre-Eminent Among Gentiles: Milton's Major Poetry in Hebrew Translations, Noam Reisner25. Plotting a Persian Paradise: Milton's Iranian Afterlives, Jeffrey EinbodenPart VI East Asian Translations 26. Milton in China 'Yet Once More', Bing Yan27. Translating Milton's Poetry into Japanese with a Case Study of Samson Agonistes, Hiroko Sano28. The 1960s and Paradise Lost in Korean, Kim Hae Yeon with Angelica DuranEpilogue: Multilingual and Multicultural Milton, Gordon Campbell

Milton in Translation

Edited by Angelica Duran, Islam Issa, and Jonathan R. Olson

Author Information

Angelica Duran is Professor at Purdue University, where she has been on the English and Comparative Literature faculties since earning her PhD in English Literature from Stanford in 2000. She served as Purdue's Director of Religious Studies from 2009 to 2013. Her monographs, edited and co-edited volumes, journal articles, and scholarly chapters are anchored in early modern English literature and range from Anglo-Hispanic Comparative Literature to Disability Studies. She is on the Executive Committee (2012-21) of the Milton Society of America and the editorial board of Milton Quarterly.

Islam Issa is Lecturer in English Literature at Birmingham City University. He has published on the reception of Milton in the Arab world, including an award-winning census of Arabic translations of Milton. He has a practical understanding of translation, having worked as a simultaneous interpreter of Arabic to English, interpreting for a range of high-profile figures. In 2009, he was a Research Consultant for the BBC's Poetry Season documentary about Milton, providing insight into Islamic responses to Paradise Lost. His book, Milton in the Arab-Muslim World, is the first full-length study of Milton in the region, and he is also translating and editing the first Arabic edition of Milton's sonnets.

Jonathan R. Olson is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of English at the University of Liverpool. His research focuses on early modern English literature, book history, and cinema. He has taught literature and film as Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Liverpool and as Visiting Assistant Professor at Biola University, and held a Mellon Visiting Research Fellowship at the University of Warwick and the Newberry Library. He has held bibliographical fellowships at the Beinecke, Clark, Houghton, and Huntington Libraries for research on his current book project, Selling an English Canon: Literary Publishing, 1640-1710. He contributed a chapter to The Cinema of Christopher Nolan (2015).

Contributors:

Hélio J.S. Alves, University of Évora Daniele Borgogni, University of TurinGordon Campbell, University of LeicesterThomas N. Corns, Bangor University Angelica Duran, Purdue UniversityJeffrey Einboden, Northern Illinois UniversityÁstráður Eysteinsson, University of Iceland (Reykjavík)Estelle Haan, The Queen's University of BelfastIslam Issa, Birmingham City UniversityHae Yeon Kim, Chungbuk National University Anne Lange, Tallinn University, EstoniaMario Murgia, National Autonomous University of MexicoJonathan R. Olson, University of LiverpoolMiklós Péti, Károli Gáspár University, HungaryNoam Reisner, Tel-Aviv University David Robertson, University of Tampere, FinlandJoanna Rzepa, University of WarwickHiroko Sano, Aoyama Gakuin UniversityAaron Shapiro, the Hewitt School in New York CityBeverley Sherry, University of SydneyAlexander Shurbanov, Sofia University Marjan Strojan, University of Iowa and the Hong Kong Baptist University%Sárka Tobrmanová, Charles University in PragueChristophe Tournu, University of Strasbourg Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen, University of LeidenCurtis Whitaker, Idaho State UniversityBing Yan, Washington University in St. Louis

Milton in Translation

Edited by Angelica Duran, Islam Issa, and Jonathan R. Olson

Reviews and Awards

"[Milton] would have approved of Milton in Translation...In total, twenty-three languages are represented in this fascinating volume, including Chinese, Korean, Bulgarian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian and the Finno-Ugric languages." -- Neil Forsyth, Times Literary Supplement